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De mortuis nihil nisi bonum.
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De mortuis nihil nisi bonum.
concering - the dead - nothing - if not, except - good
L nisi < ne 'not' + si 'if'.
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Nisi mecum concubueris, phobistae vicerint, “If you won't sleep with me, the terrorists will have won.”
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Nisi mecum concubueris, phobistae vicerint.
Nescio quod curabas ... "I didn't know you cared" ...
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Boy, them Latin phrase books sure do come in handy!
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After posting the last one it dawned on me that English "caring about something/somebody" was a false friend of Latin curo 'to care or nourish'. Unfortunately, the only other verbs that now come to mind are all of 'em feelthy. Ah, well, it's been a long time since I took Latin, but Henricus Barbatus does have a goodly franchise there.
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Best one of the lot from Lingua Latina Occasionibus Omnibus, for mine:
Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam!
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Dear Capfka: I partcularly admire your ability to hold your catapault in one hand,hidden under your coat!
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Bardocucullus ingens est. (? taking a flyer.)
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Bardocucullus ingens est.
Cujus? Henrici aut Gullielmi medici?
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Non medici, sed medica? Modo si *Medici, nec Henrici neque Gullielm; probabilitur Leonardo!
This is getting too hard! Fainites!
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